a real hurricane. reporter: high water that s causing real problems. people who have lived here all their lives, they ve never seen water up across the road right here. reporter: dozens of roads have been washed out, including parts of interstate 10, making evacuations difficult, and in the hardest-hit areas, almost impossible. it got two and a half foot deep, we decided not to go further. reporter: countless families are struggling to stay ahead and above the floodwaters. but in some areas, that s an impossible task. we had over seven inches of rain through the evening and through the night. as a result, the creeks were overflow, the ground was saturated and the runoff har more than it could handle. in the tiny town of cedar key, the tide was too much. most of the residents here have moved to higher ground, jay gray, nbc news, cedar key, florida. to politics, where not surprisingly, mitt romney was the overwhelming winner of this year s last run primary in ut
mounting accusations, in the face of an associated press report that a third woman from herman cain s past once considered filing a sexual harassment complaint against him, the republican presidential candidate insists he s innocent. and now cain s camp is pointing the finger at gop rival, rick perry. nbc s steve handelsman has more. as his campaign crisis got worse, herman cain tried to cut off questions. what did i say? are you concerned about excuse me, excuse me! but two more people alleged cain committed sexual harassment in the 90s. a woman told the associated press cain called her attractive and asked her to his corporate apartment. she told a.p. she considered filing a complaint, but did not. chris wilson, who now does work for rick perry, said he saw cain in a d.c.-area restaurant in the 90s, sexually harass an employee in her 20s. cain charge as smear campaign. there are factions that are trying to destroy me, personally, as well as this campaign
we begin this morning with mounting accusations, in the face of an associated press report that a third woman from herman cain s past once considered filing a sexual harassment complaint against him, the republican presidential candidate insists he s innocent. and now cain s camp is pointing the finger at gop rival, rick perry. nbc s steve handelsman has more. as his campaign crisis got worse, herman cain tried to cut off questions. what did i say? are you concerned about excuse me, excuse me! but two more people alleged cain committed sexual harassment in the 90s. a woman told the associated press cain called her attractive and asked her to his corporate apartment. she told a.p. she considered filing a complaint, but did not. chris wilson, who now does work for rick perry, said he saw cain in a d.c.-area restaurant in the 90s, sexually harass an employee in her 20s. cain charge as smear campaign. there are factions that are trying to destroy me, personall
fence-sitting democrats are willing to take a stance on the issue until the second the vote is called. jim acosta, cnn, washington. the man is back. and we ve got him. cnn newsroom continues right now with ali velshi. always a blae sure to see you, tony. i m ali velshi. i m here with you for the next two hours today an every weekday. i m going to take every important topic and i m going to try to break it down. my goal is to help you make important decisions about your health care, spending, security. basically your world. here s what i ve got on the run down. last week, kansas city. this week, droetroit. public schools are shutting down across the nation. is it smart business or just short-term thinking to save short-term cash? speaking of cash, i m not saying it s the reason. but, guess who s coming back to golf. after a scandal that many said would ruin him forever? i think you can guess his name. i ll give you the details in a minute. speaking of scandal, there s